welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories — borisjohnson resigns as conservative party leader, but will stay on as caretaker prime minister. he blames his colleagues for what he called an "eccentric" idea to change leadership. as we've seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful, and when the herd moves, it moves, and, my friends, in politics, no—one is remotely indispensable. we'll take a look at who might replace borisjohnson, as the list of potential

candidates grows by the hour. and i'm mark lobel, in downing street, where borisjohnson is still prime minister — for now — despite pressure to quit immediately. foreign ministers from the 620 meet in bali, to discuss the disruption to global food and energy supplies, caused by russia's invasion of ukraine, with both russian and chinese diplomats attending. china of course us stance towards _ china of course us stance towards russia but the us is hoping — towards russia but the us is hoping it_ towards russia but the us is hoping it can find some common ground _ hoping it can find some common ground with china. and the american actor james caan, best known for playing the gangster sonny corleone in the godfather, has died, at the age of 82. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states, and around the world. pressure is growing

on borisjohnson to step down as prime minister as soon as possible, rather than waiting until his successor is named. in his resignation speech on thursday, mrjohnson said he'd stay in the job until the autumn. but many of his colleagues, along with opposition parties, are unhappy with that, and have called on him to go immediately. our political editor chris mason has this report on a day of political upheaval for westminster, and the country. at breakfast time, there was talk of a constitutional crisis, a prime minister who wouldn't budge, and more and more ministers resigning. butjust after 9:00am, news borisjohnson would resign today. this, the most powerful street in the country, suddenly packed. those arriving for work here capturing the moment, too. at lunchtime, a lectern. those normally inside, outside. an audience awaits, and then a moment at once personal, political and constitutional.

hi, everybody. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore a new prime minister. so i want to say to the millions of people who voted for us in 2019, many of them voting conservative for the first time, thank you for that incredible mandate. and the reason i have fought so hard in the last few days to continue to deliver that mandate in person was notjust because i wanted to do so, but because i felt it was myjob, my duty and my obligation to you to continue to do what we promised in 2019. he fought hard and lost, his cabinet and his party abandoning him. but listen, still, to his defiance. in the last few days, i've

tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to change governments when we're delivering so much. this was boris johnson forced to articulate that his imagined future here was being crushed, the boy who dreamed of being "world king" ejected. as we've seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful, and when the herd moves, it moves, and, my friends, in politics, no—one is remotely indispensable. booing. i know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed, and i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. but them's the breaks. that's life, mrjohnson acknowledging. a painful, personal moment, a splash of history unfolding too. being prime minister is an education in itself. i've travelled to every part of the united kingdom, and in addition to the beauty of our natural world,

i've found so many people possessed of such boundless british originality, and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways that i know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. thank you all very much. what a moment. a man who won a big majority at a general election just 2.5 years ago is going, humiliated by his party. the borisjohnson era will soon be over. liar! few are indifferent to boris johnson, a primary—colours prime minister, provoking colourful reactions to the near—end. booing a great man brought down. a great man brought down — that's all i can say at the moment, thank you. the country will rue this day.

they'll regret it, like they did with thatcher. this will be a mistake. but plenty of others within the conservative party and beyond think borisjohnson should be standing down as prime minister pretty much immediately, and notjust as conservative leader. the former prime minister sir john major is among them. in a letter, he wrote... sirjohn suggested that the deputy prime minister could take over for a bit, or a caretaker prime minister could be drafted in. would theresa may fancy it? laughter look, i don't think... from everything i hear — and i haven't heard recently — i don't think there is going to be a caretaker prime minister in the sense of somebody else coming in to that role.

and what does an 0pposition party leader do on a day like this? one option is to smile and go and watch some tennis at wimbledon, having said this about borisjohnson... he needs to go completely, none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he's inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. and, you know, we are stuck with a government which isn't functioning. there will be an overwhelming and very widespread sense - of relief today, that i borisjohnson's time as prime minister, which should probably never have been - allowed to happen in the first place, is coming to an end. l the problem is the conservative party, conservative mps, have stood by him for so long. they propped him up. they enabled him to fail to lead our country properly. and my heart goes out to the millions of families and pensioners who've not been helped properly because his government has been so incompetent. attention now turns to those who aspire to come next in downing street — a fourth prime minister in a little over six years.

are you going to make a bid for the leadership, sir? - there's the former chancellor. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is likely to be in the picture, and perhaps the former cabinet minister jeremy hunt, too, among others. a beauty pageant to lead the country is onlyjust beginning, and after the intrigue and anguish, plotting and resignations, a leader departs — soon—ish. for more analysis on this, i'm joined now by our reporter, mark lobel, who is in downing street. it has been quite the 2a hours, but the pressure has not gone away from boris johnson, but the pressure has not gone away from borisjohnson, has it? away from boris johnson, has it? ., �* , . ., it? that's right, rich. it all bean, it? that's right, rich. it all began, according - it? that's right, rich. it all began, according to - it? that's right, rich. it all began, according to a - it? that's right, rich. it all. began, according to a senior government aide who was explaining the situation by that close door to me, when borisjohnson basically that close door to me, when boris johnson basically was concerned about the function of

government. he was convinced that he couldn't run his government any more, because of the scale of the resignations, so grudgingly, he came out and resigned as conservative party leader. he is still prime ministerfor a bit, leader. he is still prime ministerfora bit, but leader. he is still prime ministerfor a bit, but the problem is, for many people come about how the government will now function, because he is still in there, they are wondering how long he should be allowed to stay in there. now, the senior government aide that i spoke to was saying that actually they think it's going to be ok for him to be a caretaker government, but others don't agree, likejohn major, like other ministers who have quit. they think that borisjohnson should began on monday morning and that somebody else should be in there to make sure that those posts can be felled and that government can deal with all the difficult problem is that it has to deal with, as it moves forward. but boris johnson's focus when he went backin johnson's focus when he went back in there was actually that those around him went too glum, i'm told, a downing street insider was explaining the situation as to why there were so many smiles behind those closed doors, after such a

sharp resignation speech. well, the focus is actually going to move away from here now. it is going to move to the wider westminster village, when we find out who the next prime minister is going to be, as the conservatives announce next week how this contest is going to work of the timescale, but what we expect is by autumn there will be a new prime minister, after the tory mps have whittled down contenders to two, and sent them out to the wider country, where conservative party members will have those postal ballots, and be able to vote for who they want to take boris johnson's place. want to take boris johnson's lace. �* . ~ , want to take boris johnson's lace, �* ., ~' , ., ., place. and talk us through, who are some _ place. and talk us through, who are some of _ place. and talk us through, who are some of the _ place. and talk us through, who are some of the key _ place. and talk us through, who are some of the key runners - place. and talk us through, who are some of the key runners in i are some of the key runners in that contest?— that contest? well, suella braverman _ that contest? well, suella braverman was _ that contest? well, suella braverman was the - that contest? well, suella braverman was the first i that contest? well, suellaj braverman was the first to throw her hat in, the attorney—general. we have another person officially declared, tom tugendhat, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee. you may remember him from questioning borisjohnson from questioning boris johnson about from questioning borisjohnson about the uk's botched withdrawal from afghanistan. well, he may be somebody like david cameron, where if they

run a good enough campaign, they can beat all the odds, because he is an outsider at the moment. but what was interesting about his pitch is it struck on the two themes that you should really focus on if you're going to be following this contest. the first is personality and the second is policy. 0n personality, he is saying that we need a change, tom tugendhat is saying he would rebuild trust in government and that is of course something directly related to the problems people have with borisjohnson. the second, on policies, well, you will hear this from a lot of the candidates, tax cuts and the candidates, tax cuts and the opportunities afforded from brexit. there is of the kind of red meat for conservative voters but you might find differences over issues like energy, inflation and nationalism. two other potential contenders were spotted around the corner from here this evening, at the spectator magazine do, the former chancellor rishi sunak and the current chancellor nadhim zahawi. a lot of people will be on manoeuvres. 0ne will be on manoeuvres. one thing we do know from the polling as there will be a

lotta people, and biggest category at the moment, the most popular category as the people who say they don't know who they are going to vote for. 0k, mark lobel, we will leave it there, in downing street for us, thank you very much. there's been huge international reaction to borisjohnson's downfall. let's start in the us, with the white house press secretary. 0ur alliance with the united kingdom continues to be strong. 0ur kingdom continues to be strong. our special relationship with the people in the country will continue to endure. none of that changes. there's been reaction from the european union, too. the eu's former chief brexit negotitator, michel barnier, tweeted... ireland's prime minister said...

borisjohnson has found friendship in ukraine in recent months. the uk was the first european country to send arms to help it resist russia's invasion, and ukraine's government remains grateful for his support. earlier, president zelensky posted this on telegram, saying that he's. .. it's a different mood in russia. the speaker of the russian duma said... and a spokesperson for russian foreign ministry said...

we can speak now to charles burton, a seniorfellow we can speak now to charles burton, a senior fellow at the macdonald lariat institute and european valley centre for security policy, joining us from ottawa. let's talk about china first, an area of expertise for you. has there been any reaction officially from beijing? i been any reaction officially from beijing?— been any reaction officially from beijing? from bei'ing? i haven't seen an from beijing? i haven't seen any official _ from beijing? i haven't seen any official reaction - from beijing? i haven't seen any official reaction from - any official reaction from beijing yet. you know, they always take a bit of time to mull these things over but i dare say that the government in beijing will be happy to see the back of borisjohnson, because, as you've pointed out, he has been very supportive of ukraine and china would like to see the russians not be defeated in ukraine, so because of the implications for taiwan, and mrjohnson also joined with the united states and australia in the aukus indo pacific pact,

which is a direct response to china's expansionism and rise, and moreover in the g7, boris johnson was behind the build back better world initiative, now known as the partnership for global infrastructure and investment, which is a direct challenge to china's belt and road initiative that china has been using to leverage support of third world countries, primarily, not democratic countries around the world. so, all in all, mrjohnson i think has been quite strong on the china issue, and will be missed by conservatives in canada and around the world. away from the official reaction, the global times had a cartoon yesterday of boris johnson on a sinking ship, chinese social media users referring to borisjohnson as the golden retriever, trump junior. what is the image of borisjohnson in the wider

political view of return at the moment amongst chinese people? i think certainly the chinese like to see anything that suggests that western political systems are unstable or ineffective. and mrjohnson's performance in that regard has not shown written up very that being said i think in general chinese people are concerned about the upcoming struggle between the advanced western democracies and authoritarian nations like china and russia and they identified the british with a legacy of colonialism for going back to the opium wars in the 18405 back to the opium wars in the 1840s and believe that people like mrjohnson are hostile to china's rise and hostel to the political system currently existing in china which i think is probably quite true. qm. existing in china which i think is probably quite true. 0k, we will have to _ is probably quite true. 0k, we will have to leave _ is probably quite true. 0k, we will have to leave it _ is probably quite true. 0k, we will have to leave it there. - will have to leave it there. thank you very much.

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one child... ..one teacher... ..one book... ..and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is bbc news. the latest headlines: borisjohnson resigns as conservative party leader, but will stay on as caretaker prime minister. in his resignation statement, he blames his colleagues for what he called an eccentric decision to change leadership. attention now turns to who might replace borisjohnson, as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. let's move away from politics in the uk to bali, indonesia now, where foreign ministers from the g20 world's largest

economies are meeting to address disruptions to global food and energy supplies caused by russia's invasion of ukraine. but, unlike the recent g7 meeting, russia is at these talks. its top diplomat, sergey lavrov, is at the table, alongside his us counterpart, antony blinken and the chinese foreign minister, wang yi. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonthan head, is following events this is the first time since the invasion of ukraine that the invasion of ukraine that the us secretary of state will find himself in the same room as his russian counterpart, making for some awkward choreography. the us side insists there is no possibility of a formal meeting between the two. rememberthis of a formal meeting between the two. remember this isjust a preliminary hearing at this gathering to the three big summits scheduled in this region later this year to which presidents biden and putin are both invited. the us can hardly afford to boycott those meetings because it is struggling right now to regain the ground it is lost in recent years in influence to china, particularly here in the asia—pacific. �*s other talks

scheduled between antony blinken and the chinese foreign minister are perhaps the most important part of this meeting. the us as it is hoping to establish what it calls guard rails to stop there currently fractious relationship from veering into outright confrontation. china has steadfastly refused to back the tougher stance towards russia of ukraine. russia's president vladimir putin says he's barely started in his invasion of ukraine and has dared the west to try to defeat his forces. he's been speaking to senior lawmakers — where he had this warning: translation: everyone should know that we have not really started anything. at the same time, we are not rejecting peace negotiations, but those who are rejecting them should know that the further it goes, the harder it will be for them to negotiate with us. the american actorjames caan, best known for playing the gangster sonny corleone in the godfather, has died. he was 82. caan was nominated for

an oscar for his role in francis ford coppola's classic. he also starred in the psychological thriller misery, the action film thief, and more recently the comedy elf. the news comes as the the godfather marks 50 years since it opened in cinemas, with various anniversary screenings and celebrations taking place. from staten island, new york, where the film was partly shot, tom brook reports on why the godfather remains a classic. just over half a century ago a large house on longfellow avenue in staten island new york was abuzz with activity. it served as the shooting location for the home of the godfather family. location for the home of the godfatherfamily. some of location for the home of the godfather family. some of the most memorable lines was spoken ijy most memorable lines was spoken by members in this house. i’m by members in this house. i'm auoin to by members in this house. i'm going to make _ by members in this house. in going to make you an offer refuse. , , , ,

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i want to thank you, the british public, for the immense privilege that you have given me. thank you all very much. hello there. despite cloud dominating the weather story this week, we've been promising you sunshine. well, we gradually got there in the end on thursday. after a cloudy start, we had beautiful blue sky and sunshine by the middle of the afternoon. not quite the case, unfortunately, in the far northwest, in highland scotland. still some pretty grey cloud around. and in actual fact, this weather front�*s still going to sit there throughout the day on friday. high pressure is building in and it will gradually drift its way a little bit further eastwards and dominate the scene over the weekend, but it does mean some drizzly rain first thing in the morning to the northwest of scotland and the far north of northern ireland. as we go through the day, there will be plenty of settled, sunny weather. with light winds, temperatures

are going to respond quite quickly, so highs of 21 degrees in eastern scotland, 2a perhaps into the midlands, 28 celsius the high — that's 82 fahrenheit — somewhere in the southeast. we now have to start thinking about uv, which will be high or very high. and we haven't seen that for some time, so that's certainly worth bearing in mind if you're going to be spending any time outside. now, as i say, that high pressurejust shifts its position a little into the weekend. and areas where we've seen some low, grey cloud stubbornly sitting in the far north and west, still there on saturday but slowly improving as the weekend progresses. perhaps the cloud just retreating to the extreme north. more sunshine coming through. again, light winds for all of us, and again those temperatures responding, likely once again into the high 20s for many. so that means a warm night to come through saturday night into sunday morning. it means a repeat performance on sunday — again, dry, settled and sunny. and once again, those temperatures responding.

so we might see that cloud breaking up a little more into the far northwest of scotland. here, temperatures 16—20 the high, but highest values likely of 29 or 30 celsius somewhere in the southeast on sunday. now, it looks likely that that high pressure is going to continue to stay with us for the next few days. again, still, those weak weather fronts a bit of a nuisance for a time, but then it builds in and settles things down quite nicely. so as we go through the week ahead, some cloud from time to time in the far north. dry, settled, sunny and still pretty warm for all of us. some people will see temperatures into the low 30s. by conservatives in canada and

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this is bbc news. the headlines — borisjohnson has resigned as conservative party leader, saying he will stay on as caretaker prime minister until the autumn. but, pressure is mounting for him to step down completely, as soon as possible. in his resignation speech, mrjohnson blamed his colleagues for what he called a �*herd' movement. attention now turns to who might replace borisjohnson, as the list of potential candidates grows by the hour. the defence secretary ben wallace appears to be the favourite among tory party members, ahead of penny mordaunt and rishi sunak, the former chancellor of the exchequer. foreign ministers from the g20 are due to meet in bali to discuss the disruption to global food and energy supplies caused by russia's invasion of ukraine. joining the us secretary of state antony blinken are russia's top diplomat,

sergey lavrov, and the chinese foreign minister, wang yi.